Olsynium | |
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Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
Genus: |
Olsynium Raf. |
Type species | |
Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Olsynium is a genus of summer- dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. [1] [2] [3]
Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.
Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined", [4] referring to the stamens. [5]
The taxon Olsynium was formerly considered as part of the genus Sisyrinchium. The following species are recognised in the genus Olsynium: [1]
Olsynium | |
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Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
Genus: |
Olsynium Raf. |
Type species | |
Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Olsynium is a genus of summer- dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. [1] [2] [3]
Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.
Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined", [4] referring to the stamens. [5]
The taxon Olsynium was formerly considered as part of the genus Sisyrinchium. The following species are recognised in the genus Olsynium: [1]